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First I want to thank everyone who sent an answer to my question. While there we a number of different ways to skin the bird the general consensis was that you are starting a flooded engine. I agree 100%
Today one of the local EAA chapters had a Poker Run. Five stops with a run of about 50 miles between each. Stop, shutdown, get your card and visit until the runway is clear of most of the traffic. Each stop was 15 to 30 minutes.
Here is the start technique that worked
1. Throttle near idle, actually I left it where it was when I shut down about 1000 to 1200 RPM
2. Mixture at idle cutoff, again were it was when I shutdown.
3. Just crank, it usually took about 10 turns.
4. When the engine fires advance the mixture to full rich.
The engine will run a little rough until the mixture settles down.
One final conformation on the flooding theory. When I got back to the hanger and was wiping off the bugs I heard a hissing sound from the engine compartment. With my ear near the inlet I could hear the fuel boiling off and venting out the injectors. All that vaporized fuel makes for a very rich mixture.
Again thanks to all for the advise. I hope it helps others.
Ray Gardner
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